I'm Aussie. This is the best version of this song iv heard. My husband has just been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. This song is getting me by. On repeat.
As an Aussie who knows the importance of the meaning behind this song, thanks for taking it up a notch and sharing this powerful song once again! Great rendition!
@Fred Flintstone almost started a riot years ago when I was living in a predominantly mexican neighborhood...they payed their mexi-polka....I played Brujeria Mantando Cueras...& Raza Odiada albums... They went silent.
As an Aussie, and an Oils fan, I definitely approve. Still would love to see Leo cover Power and the Passion (especially that drum solo) or King of the Mountain by the Oils though ;)
@@bernhardkrickl3567 Blue Sky Mine is one of my faves as well, I singled out those 2 songs for what Leo could do with them. Leo's had plenty of fun in the past with percussion, and it was the same with Power and the Passion, using fire extinguishers and lamp shades. And Leo belting out the chorus would be f*#king epic. And King of the Mountain? Well, he's in Norway, I imagine he could have fun getting some aerial footage to go along with the title of the song.
@@timmcc6899 I can definitely imagine Leo having fun with Power and the Passion :) and he would surely make a great cover of King of the Mountain, too, but the latter isn't among my Oils favourites.
Justin if you requested this one, then you have my thanks! I knew this was going on my Leo favs list at the opening riff. Just one downside, my Leo favs list is so long I'm not sure it still qualifies as a favs list.
As a teenager, this was one of my favorite songs and yes I knew the meaning behind the song. Leo's version still brings out the raw emotions just as Midnight Oil's version did.
My mum and I went to see one of the last midnight oil concerts ever, so glad I got to see one of the bands who I grew up with. We were smack right in the centre, front row, right in front of Peter Garrett. It was the most amazing experience and I really couldn't be happier than I was at that concert because all the other bands of my mother's inherited taste from the 70s and 80s are all either dead or no longer together. Technically I've been to two of their concerts, but the first one I was still a baby in my mum's belly. She really liked this cover, man.
Hell yeah metal protest tune. Midnight Oil...Australian legends. Leo you gotta do "In a Big Country" by BIG Country or.. Icehouse- Great Southern Land (which should be the Australian National Anthem)
i know better than to start watching Leo's videos in the middle of the day...cause i go down the Leo rabbit hole and i dont get anything done all day! DAMN YOU LEO FOR BEING SO GOOD!
Don’t know this cover band,but this was the first drummer I fell in love with. Power & Passion is a masterpiece in my mind. Later I fell in love from the Nickleback drummer. I have worked security at concerts for 30years and this guy is brilliant in my opinion
I am about to turn 40 and have been listening to so much 80's music, It's so hard to come up with what you could do next......I don't mind 40. How bout this, bring in the right woman and do Roxette Joyride?
I like his solos and how they deviate from the song a lot. They are rarely directly based on the song at hand but somehow I get it. I think he just lets himself be inspired by the song and without thinking too much about it jams out what comes into his mind. It feels like however far he deviates there still is some connection.
Huh? So you want covers to sound exactly like the original? Whats even the point of checking out other peoples covers if you want the exact same thing as the original.
Absolutely agree! I noticed it straightaway as well. Finally a solo consistent with the rest of the track! I understand that the solo has to deviate from the original song, but Leo throwing in Polka/Ska beat in every second song, and/or using a differently tuned guitar makes me go "oh no, not this shit again".
Maybe I'm too late and you won't see this: I've had a song I've wanted to do forever, and can never get bands to give in. I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King. The chorus should be so heavy it hurts. Also Sixteen Tons. Tennessee Ernie Ford does the most famous version.
It`s definately time for "Stairway to heaven", Leo !! If there`s one guy out there who can do a great cover for this song, hell yeah ... it`s YOU !!! Thank you for letting us have such a great time listening and watching you :-)
Genaro López Soto - yes, been playing Leo covers to him since he was listening in moms belly 🤘🏻😋 and he absolutely love Leo! he self proclaims Leo as his favorite music (musician).
Sha Na Na may have did a version but I think the original was done by David Seville, the creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks, either way, it would be great, also to keep with the 50's motif how about a cover of They're Coming To Take Me Away?
Hi from Australia. I didn't know that anyone outside of Australia had even heard of Midnight Oil. Edit: I'm learning that the Oils were quite popular outside of Australia. Thanks Leo for allowing me to be educated on this point.
@@DragoserakerIT Revisiting Leo's previous work, I stumbled across two other Aussie songs. One was John Farnum's "You're the Voice" and the other was Men at Work's "Down Under".
I was pleasantly surprised too. Even more surprised that I like this. I love the Oils and totally expect covers of such awesome songs to be ordinary but our man here knows his stuff.
Tall Tails And True, The Models, Flesh For LuLu, Not Drowning Waiving, The Church , and several others I first started listening to in the 70's 80's 90's in Wyoming. Red Sails In The Sunset is still a regular listen. INXS Underneath The Colors and Inxsive are also on regular rotation.
Even being a huge fan since "Poker Face" I sometimes think that video was fun but not going in my "Leo Favorites" Spotify playlist, and then freakin BOOM!
I'm pretty sure that Leo used to go by the name "Bliix" a long time ago, but that person was using original vocal tracks and got shut down. Either way, he (or whomever) did a metal version of Eric Cartmans "Poker face" from South Park. 🤣
I'm Aussie. This is the best version of this song iv heard. My husband has just been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. This song is getting me by. On repeat.
Praying for him
@@scottwhitley2242 lol folding your hands will do nothing...
Probably not, but being an asshole won't do anything either.@@peaveyst7
@@InitialDreadly No. He just pointed out the stupidity of what you said. That's a truth teller not an asshole.
If you think he wasn't being an asshole, then you're probably one too.@@0Zolrender0
Burn that bed! Hope everyone is doing good! What do you wanna hear next? Let me know in the comments:)
I'd like to request "Short skirt, Long jacket"
Frog Leap Studios
rebel yell, lost in the shadows (The Lost Boys OST), burn - the cure.
Hope you’re doing okay dude x
more ace of bases
Don’t stand so close to me
mutter by rammstein or don't cry by guns n' roses🙏😛
As an Aussie, this song is sacred. You nailed it, Leo! Kudos from Australia!
Damn straight he did! Fellow Aussie right here and this is a bloody great cover!
Nah, yeah, he gets my vote too.
I thought BBA was originally french, probably some dumb friend lied to me
He's a fair dinkum legend!!!!
Only thing missing is Garret's dance moves.
Midnight Oil, great Aussie band!
Ooh i.d like you to do a Slice of heaven by Dave Dobbins Ty in advance from this Kiwi Warrior Princess
Indeed. All Leo needs now is a few ACDC and Cold Chisel songs and he should be set if he ever tours Aus.
The greatest band Australia ever produced.
Rose Tattoo !
lisa anderson imagine his version of Bliss or Be Mine Tonight by Th’ Dudes!
As an Aussie who knows the importance of the meaning behind this song, thanks for taking it up a notch and sharing this powerful song once again! Great rendition!
What does it mean?
@@reliquiae9017 Aboriginal land rights and recognition
@F.B.I r/Iam14andthisisdeep wasn't edgy enough for you, was it?
There’s some of us in the states that know the importance as well. I feel that Leo’s harder vocals are more fitting.
@@deeanna5814 agreed, but I don't think he will go into politics and really fight like he is able to
Love love love. Great Aussie pub rock song. Midnight Oil would be proud. Should have chucked a few Peter Garrett moves in the clip.
My neighbors love it.. They are banging on the wall right now 🤘
🤣🤣🤣
Turn it up louder. They'll love it more and you drown out the wall beating 😆
Turn up the volume or they break your window so they can hear better 🤗
Don't forget to bang back signaling you can hear them! lol
@Fred Flintstone almost started a riot years ago when I was living in a predominantly mexican neighborhood...they payed their mexi-polka....I played Brujeria Mantando Cueras...& Raza Odiada albums...
They went silent.
Skills are amazing. Drummer, guitarist, singer, bassist, screamer, producer, engineer, director, writer. AMAZING!
Once upon a time you get a total freak like this........thank the heavens the time happened to be now!!!!!!
Not every song leo hits the mark but when he does it rocks your soul
When the riffs are so tasty that not just your bed starts burning, but your body, your entire flat and your neighbours' flats too.
Awesome cover!🤘😎🤘
just amazing so very cool a top song from the aussie band M oil a real classic
As an Aussie, and an Oils fan, I definitely approve. Still would love to see Leo cover Power and the Passion (especially that drum solo) or King of the Mountain by the Oils though ;)
Yes, those two would also fit. One of my favourites is Blue Sky Mine, maybe that would work aswell.
Be interesting to see what he could do to some Icehouse tunes.
Was I the only one waiting for the famous Peter Garrett dance moves?
@@bernhardkrickl3567 Blue Sky Mine is one of my faves as well, I singled out those 2 songs for what Leo could do with them.
Leo's had plenty of fun in the past with percussion, and it was the same with Power and the Passion, using fire extinguishers and lamp shades. And Leo belting out the chorus would be f*#king epic.
And King of the Mountain? Well, he's in Norway, I imagine he could have fun getting some aerial footage to go along with the title of the song.
@@timmcc6899 I can definitely imagine Leo having fun with Power and the Passion :) and he would surely make a great cover of King of the Mountain, too, but the latter isn't among my Oils favourites.
Leo is just a monster, and keeps getting better!
🎶 Frogleap Friday, you're the one! You make🤘 *Metal* 🤘 lots of fun! 🎶
Leo Moracchioli is a LEGEND !!!
Dude, I requested this a few months back. This is everything I coulda hoped for.
Yep, a bloody good cover of a bloody good song \m/
Justin if you requested this one, then you have my thanks! I knew this was going on my Leo favs list at the opening riff. Just one downside, my Leo favs list is so long I'm not sure it still qualifies as a favs list.
Glad u like lt
Cool story bro but needed more dragons
My dad used to love this song. He passed away one year ago now. You miss me so much, Dad. Love you.
As a teenager, this was one of my favorite songs and yes I knew the meaning behind the song. Leo's version still brings out the raw emotions just as Midnight Oil's version did.
Couldn't agree more Thomas
Just the level of energy that song needs - fantastic.
My mum and I went to see one of the last midnight oil concerts ever, so glad I got to see one of the bands who I grew up with. We were smack right in the centre, front row, right in front of Peter Garrett. It was the most amazing experience and I really couldn't be happier than I was at that concert because all the other bands of my mother's inherited taste from the 70s and 80s are all either dead or no longer together. Technically I've been to two of their concerts, but the first one I was still a baby in my mum's belly. She really liked this cover, man.
Big thumbs up. Aussie in Texas this song always reminds me of home.
As a long time Midnight Oil fan (early 1980's), I love that this song is alive and getting reinterpreted in these ways. Great version, love it!
No respect at all for songs like this. The oils should have never been.
@@Alias1983 shhhh
Best popsong to metal cover so far!
Choon, I keep coming back...Best cover ever..!
THIS is the sort of stuff that should be topping the charts!
I agree with you. But unfortunately this is not an industrial product. No chance of reaching the charts. Just our playlists.
@@basslastig7456 Sad but true! But as long as someone still makes music as good as this, we should be happy. :-)
@@AlexGarcia-co1ec Agreed! ^^
Composition and performance way exceeded my expectations. This one should be a radio hit. Period.
You are therapy for my back pain.
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something might make an interesting cover?
I second this suggestion!! 😜
Not ''might''. It *will* be an interesting cover.
Simple minds don't you forget about me
@@Harrythe1st to be fair, most of the Breakfast Club soundtrack would be a good idea.
I could hear that being sung death metal style.
I’m 41 so I remember that bald guy from midnight oil all over mtv. It was an awesome song. This cover is amazing. Keep picking great covers.
Peter Garrett.
spectacular, thank you Leo..
Out of all the covers of this song, this is the only one that has the energy it needs to match the original. Thank you!
Bloody brilliantly done great cover to a great song and being an Aussie this is awesome
So true. AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!
Robert Ditcham Oi Oi Oi
I loved the original so much.... but this is a masterpiece version!
Completely forgot about this song. I was DJ-ing a family event and this came on. Thought, “110% could see Leo covering this”…well… here we are 🔥🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻🔥
This song was MEANT to be metal....WTG Leo! nailed it s always
Maby the best one yet Leo
Love from sweden
Hell yeah metal protest tune. Midnight Oil...Australian legends. Leo you gotta do "In a Big Country" by BIG Country or.. Icehouse- Great Southern Land (which should be the Australian National Anthem)
I'll second the Icehouse- Great Southern Land call
The Aussie National Anthem should be Adam Hills’s version to the tune of Working Class Man. Even as a Kiwi I love it ha ha.
Traylarpark12 there is so much Oz stuff that would be amazing to cover 👍
@@samuraidarryl i was just going with what I know personally. The songs I mentioned seem "obscure" to most people in my region of the USA.
Leo plays _almost_ every instrument. Do you want him to learn bagpipes? Then, YEAH, I think I do want "In A Big Country". 👍🏻
As an Aussie whenever I hear one of my favourite musicians cover an Australian classic I get tingles 😊
One of my favorite songs just got better
i know better than to start watching Leo's videos in the middle of the day...cause i go down the Leo rabbit hole and i dont get anything done all day! DAMN YOU LEO FOR BEING SO GOOD!
This has to be my favorite mid-song arrangement by Leo in any of his covers (beginning at 3:27). Amazing.
I agree with that,very cool bridge.
Last year of high school! So many memories!!!!
Leo - please cove "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO.
OMG Yes!!!!
Yes
YES!
I’d love to hear Queen Of The Hours by ELO as a metal song
The god OFFLER says YES
No sausage offering needed.
We want to hear whatever you play next.
best answer so far.
+1
I have the Diesel and Dust CD. Midnight Oil and Men at Work are my 2 favorite Aussie bands.
By far the best song. Have it on repeat continuously.. it hits so damn good.
Don’t know this cover band,but this was the first drummer I fell in love with. Power & Passion is a masterpiece in my mind. Later I fell in love from the Nickleback drummer. I have worked security at concerts for 30years and this guy is brilliant in my opinion
If I would love nothing more than to hear Leo Singh look a motive breath
As an Australian, and a Midnight Oil fan. Thank you for this.
How about Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire"? That's crying out for a metal version...
would be a great sequel to this song haha!
Juke Box Hero. (Featuring Hannah and Rabea)
Mr Piano Man
River of Dreams.
Piano Man is one I wanna hear too.
One of his best covers, for sure!(In my opinion)
Flobots - Handlebars.. PLEASE!! This would be Godlike, especially metalized by Frog Leap!
Shaun McEpic that song gives me goosebumps
Shaun McEpic oh hell yah!!!!
yes! yes! yes!
Leo...When Doves Cry and Lets Go Crazy
(Both obviously by the very talented and much missed Prince)🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Love this Tune
you did real justice to this piece of culture
Leo's metal covers are to songs what salt is to food. They bring out the flavor!
You have not paid. This is brutal, and harder then you think.
I am about to turn 40 and have been listening to so much 80's music, It's so hard to come up with what you could do next......I don't mind 40. How bout this, bring in the right woman and do Roxette Joyride?
I’ve been waiting for Leo to cover this!! Sounds amazing 🔥🔥🔥
einfach nur geil!!!!!!!
kenne fast alle originale,aber was er daraus macht, einfach hammergeil!!
Best version i ever. love it ....... don't ever stop
Best Leo solo in ages. Usually I turn off when he deviates from the cover, but today I cranked it up
I like his solos and how they deviate from the song a lot. They are rarely directly based on the song at hand but somehow I get it. I think he just lets himself be inspired by the song and without thinking too much about it jams out what comes into his mind. It feels like however far he deviates there still is some connection.
He's actually contract fully obligated to deviate from the original during the solos it's what he agrees to when he licenses the song's he covers.
Huh? So you want covers to sound exactly like the original? Whats even the point of checking out other peoples covers if you want the exact same thing as the original.
Zombie solo is killer.
Absolutely agree! I noticed it straightaway as well. Finally a solo consistent with the rest of the track! I understand that the solo has to deviate from the original song, but Leo throwing in Polka/Ska beat in every second song, and/or using a differently tuned guitar makes me go "oh no, not this shit again".
I can’t stop watching this video love it
Great version Leo.!!! Always loved this song. Now I love it twice as much.
Speechless...
Have to of watched this 30 times. Amazing!
My mate died of a heart attack last week, he was a massive Oil's fan. He woulda loved this
Sorry for the loss
@@direwolf5134 like your words do anything.
So sorry for your loss. Keep rockin' in his memory.
@Crabsta love to you
Sorry for your loss mate 😢🍻
Curse you, Leo! "...How do we sleep while our heads are banging!?..." 🤘
There are not many people who come along that are truly phenomenal and you Sir are one of them!
I used to like this song. Now, I love it!!!
I'm back to listen again. I think the whole world needs this track in their life.
One of his best 🇺🇸
Maybe I'm too late and you won't see this: I've had a song I've wanted to do forever, and can never get bands to give in.
I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King. The chorus should be so heavy it hurts.
Also Sixteen Tons. Tennessee Ernie Ford does the most famous version.
Yes, I Feel the Earth Move would be great!
I vote for Sixteen Tons. Just for its obscurity.
I keep putthing that Carole King song in the comments, and on Patreon, too. I think that can get soooo heavy that you actually feel the earth move.
Leo, I need a hero 😂🙈🖤 You would be mine if you covered "Holding out for a hero" by Bonnie Tyler 🖤 Greetings from Germany
OMIGOD YESSSS!!!!
That song is pretty metal even in its original form!
YYEEEEEEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UP!
Leo, You are brilliant!
Alan Parsons Project's "Eye In The Sky". I want to see if you can do it.
I'm pretty sure he can figure it out. great suggestion though, like wish you were here above
Oh, yes please!!! But you have to include the "Sirius" opening intro.
@@donaldjohnson1148 yep, Sirius has to be there as the intro!
Leo is one of the most metal men in the world!
Love your style Leo....
No one covers a song like Leo. Very talented, and very funny.
I'm 67- old school. You are f-ing good man. Better than original Might take a trip to itunes today.
Just. Pure. Quality.
It`s definately time for "Stairway to heaven", Leo !! If there`s one guy out there who can do a great cover for this song, hell yeah ... it`s YOU !!!
Thank you for letting us have such a great time listening and watching you :-)
Didn't you see the sign? NO STAIRWAY! 😂
DENIED
one of my favorite songs. I will not say that I prefer it from the original but I really like it.....💙
one of his best!
From an Aussie worried a bit when I saw this thanks mate completely nailed it
As an Aussie, I approve!
Also, could you do a cover of another Aussie classic, "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" by the Angels?
Absolutely!
Oh hell yea!
'could you do a cover of another Aussie classic'
no way, get fucked, fuck off.
Wait, go back.... there's another Aussie classic?
@@Britton_Thompson well there is the national anthem, otherwise known as 'Khe Sanh'
Must have for every day!!
That's Right every day&night 😊
Leo's neighbors are the luckiest mother truckers 🤘
even tho his room is so soundproof u can't hear anything even if ur on 2nd floor :P
@@Dragonsvenny That would be his studio which is in the house he and his wife had built.
@@Dragonsvenny Do you really think that his family and he doesnt blast it in , lets say, kitchen or living room?
I just love it when you deviate from the song and throw your own little bit in before returning to the source. Great stuff.
Anything he sings is awesome 😎
Oh please do three little pigs by green jelly, that would be awesome
Mate that would be epic
Journey, dont stop believing
Aussie music rocks this hard the police knock on the door and asked if i could turn it UP. Love your work LEO.
I'd love to hear you do a cover of Foreigner - Jukebox Hero
my 3 year old son and I are big fans and he asked me to request “Witch Doctor” by Sha Na Na
please and thank you in advance
(for Owen) 😁
Your 3 year old son likes this? WTF?
Genaro López Soto - yes, been playing Leo covers to him since he was listening in moms belly 🤘🏻😋 and he absolutely love Leo! he self proclaims Leo as his favorite music (musician).
Wow, now that is something I DID NOT expect to see today, a Sha na na reference!!!!😂🤘
lol haven't thought of Sha Na Na in years! Kinda missin' Bowser now
Sha Na Na may have did a version but I think the original was done by David Seville, the creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks, either way, it would be great, also to keep with the 50's motif how about a cover of They're Coming To Take Me Away?
Righteous cover.
Hi from Australia. I didn't know that anyone outside of Australia had even heard of Midnight Oil.
Edit: I'm learning that the Oils were quite popular outside of Australia. Thanks Leo for allowing me to be educated on this point.
I was surprised too when i found out this song was a hit outside aus, apparently theres a few cold chisel songs that snuck out too.
@@DragoserakerIT Revisiting Leo's previous work, I stumbled across two other Aussie songs. One was John Farnum's "You're the Voice" and the other was Men at Work's "Down Under".
I was pleasantly surprised too.
Even more surprised that I like this. I love the Oils and totally expect covers of such awesome songs to be ordinary but our man here knows his stuff.
Song and album were huge hits in Canada when I was a kid
Tall Tails And True, The Models, Flesh For LuLu, Not Drowning Waiving, The Church , and several others I first started listening to in the 70's 80's 90's in Wyoming. Red Sails In The Sunset is still a regular listen. INXS Underneath The Colors and Inxsive are also on regular rotation.
some songs should never be touched.....this USED to be one of those songs.....outstanding.......
love the color .
Even being a huge fan since "Poker Face" I sometimes think that video was fun but not going in my "Leo Favorites" Spotify playlist, and then freakin BOOM!
I'm pretty sure that Leo used to go by the name "Bliix" a long time ago, but that person was using original vocal tracks and got shut down. Either way, he (or whomever) did a metal version of Eric Cartmans "Poker face" from South Park. 🤣